North Vancouver, B.C. - Mar 05, 2002:
Six Continents Hotels® and Hcareers® announced today that they have launched a new internal and external recruitment-advertising system for all Six Continents Hotels® across the world. This takes Six Continents Hotels® to the forefront of using the Internet to communicate career opportunities to their internal staff worldwide and to provide an efficient and easy external recruitment channel right across its businesses.
The new Employment Section of SixContinentsHotels.com® will allow Six Continents® to instantaneously post their career opportunities internally via the Internet to their employees worldwide, allowing them to apply for these positions online. For a hotel company the size of Six Continents®, this is a unique move to strengthen the development of its staff, while providing open and equal opportunities to all.
The new Employment Section of SixContinentsHotels.com® will allow Six Continents® to instantaneously post their career opportunities internally via the Internet to their employees worldwide, allowing them to apply for these positions online. For a hotel company the size of Six Continents®, this is a unique move to strengthen the development of its staff, while providing open and equal opportunities to all.
The external advertising system run in conjunction with Hcareers®, the biggest hospitality job board in the world, will allow all Six Continents Hotels® to post job vacancies in real time. Job postings linked from all Six Continents® brands will appear on the Six Continents Hotels® employment site and appear simultaneously on Hcareers®.
David Curry, Chief Executive of Hcareers® said: "Hcareers® is proud to be working with Six Continents Hotels® in bringing this powerful commercial tool to fruition. The new system will put all of Six Continents Hotels® jobs in front of the 1.8 million job seeker visits Hcareers has per month."
Commenting on the initiative David House, Vice President Reward and HR Systems said: "The launch of our web based recruitment system puts Six Continents Hotels® at the forefront of hotel companies to work for, it builds on Hcareers® success to date, and brings together the biggest hospitality jobs board and the world's most global hotel company."
About Six Continents Six ContinentsSM Hotels, the hotel business of Six Continents PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:SXC, NYSE:SXC (ADRs)], owns, manages, leases or franchises more than 3,260 hotels and 514,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories.
The following are some of the service marks owned by Six Continents Hotels, Inc., its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates: Holiday Inn®, Crowne Plaza®, Holiday Inn Express® in the Americas, Express by Holiday InnSM in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Holiday Inn Select®, Holiday Inn Garden CourtSM, Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resort, Staybridge Suites® by Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Family SuitesSM Resort, Holidex®, Priority Club®, Inter-Continental® and Forum®. Centra® in Canada and Mexico; CentraSM in the U.S.; ParkroyalSM in the U.S. and Canada; Parkroyal® in Mexico.
Six Continents Club®, Six ContinentsSM, 6 ContinentsSM and the 6C logo are service marks of Six Continents PLC and used under license.
Six Continents Hotels, Inc. offers information and reservations capability on the Internet – www.6c.com, www.intercontinental.com for Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels, www.hiexpress.com for Holiday Inn Express hotels, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, and www.priorityclub.com.
About Hcareers Launched in 1998, Hcareers is the leading job board for the hospitality, restaurant, and retail industries in terms of revenues, staff, and traffic. Hcareers has the most jobs and job seekers in all three industries with over 75,000 current job postings and over 900,000 unique visitors each month. Hcareers operates three websites, Hcareers.com (US), Hcareers.ca (Canada), and Hcareers.co.uk (United Kingdom & Ireland). The company employs over 100 full-time staff and has over 16,000 active clients. For more information on Hcareers visit their web site at www.hcareers.com.